KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting and carjacking and continue to search for a suspect.
Just before 9 p.m. Thursday, police were dispatched to the McDonalds at 8326 Wornall in Kansas City on a reported attempted robbery and shots fired, according to Police Captain Corey Carlisle. No employees were injured in the shooting.
The suspect fled the scene at which time he shot at another vehicle before fleeing. The occupant of the vehicle was not injured.
Follow up investigation brought officers to the area of Brookside and Meyer around 10:10 p.m. Officers found the suspect vehicle. The shooting suspect then fired gunshots at the officers at which time an officer returned fire.
The suspect fled on foot to the parking lot area behind the local business, where he carjacked an unsuspecting victim. Officers engaged the suspect again. The suspect fired gun shots at officers at which time an officer returned fire. The suspect fled the scene in the victim's vehicle. The car jacking victims were not injured and no officers were injured.
Law enforcement found the vehicle abandoned in the area of 73rd and Cherokee at which time they began searching for the suspect.
The suspect is still at large and poses a threat to the public. The suspect is described as a white male in his early 30’s, thin build, patchy black beard, shoulder length black hair and wearing a Black T-shirt.
Homicide detectives and Crime Scene Personnel responded to the multiple crime scenes and were processing the scenes to recover any evidence and speaking to any potential witnesses.